This presentation provides a practical, analogy‑driven explanation of the major layers of modern cybersecurity protection—Antivirus, EDR, MDR, and XDR—focusing on how each level increases visibility, responsiveness, and proactive defense within an organization’s network.
The Summer Priorities 2025 presentation provides a comprehensive, task‑driven roadmap for strengthening district and organizational IT environments during the summer maintenance window. The guidance spans cybersecurity hardening, infrastructure maintenance, disaster recovery preparation, and operational cleanup.
The April Tech Talk 2025, presented by Scott Quimby (CISSP), Senior Technical Advisor at Acture/CSI, delivers a comprehensive update on today’s rapidly evolving cybersecurity threat landscape and the operational, technical, and strategic responses organizations—especially schools—must adopt to stay secure.
“The best offense is a good defense.” -Author Unknown “The best defense is to go on offense.” -Scott Quimby If you have been reading our Tech Tidbits over time, you know that a Security Operations Centers (SOCs) that provide 24x7x365 “eyes on glass” over your endpoints, or better still, over your entire network and firewalls, […]
I am sitting at my desk doing what I love—training Acture/CSI’s next generation of engineers. I am teaching them about Active Directory theory and operations. I am demonstrating how the Active Directory Recycle Bin works. I created a test ID in AD – Steve McQueen.
“And now for something completely different.” -Monty Python’s Flying Circus If you have been in the industry for a while, you have heard the warning, “Internet Explorer (IE) is dead. It is insecure. It has been retired. You must get off Internet Explorer and onto a more modern and secure browser.
“It Got Weird, Didn’t It?” -Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me I just attended the Huntress Security Event in NYC. It was at the Spy Museum on 8th Avenue (a cool place). I returned from that event to the office very afraid for all of us – myself included.
“This is the end, beautiful friend. This is the end.” -Jim Morrison of The Doors October 14, 2025, marks the end of the line for our tried-and-true, stable, and generally “good enough” Windows 10 OS. Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows 10 have proven to be very stable OSes that we haven’t had […]
I read an article today in which a judge declared that Google monopolized search. Well, that is a big duh! How long did it take the government to figure that out? Today, I will not debate the merits of Google’s status. I have a far more serious security concern to discuss.
I stare at the Paladin Sentinel Monitoring Console every morning and see what happened with our monitored servers and networks overnight. I see many patterns and similar events happening between your networks. Here is one of my pet peeves of what I often see with a free suggestion to help keep me calm in my […]
